Child s carriage



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J. P. DOWNING.

GHILDS CARRIAGE.

Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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J. F. DOWNING.

GHILDS CARRIAGE.

No. 286,186. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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JEROME F. DOWNING, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,188, dated October 9, 1883. Application filed March 7, 1881. (Xomodel.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JEROME F. DowNING, of Erie, Erie county, Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Childrens Carriages; and I do hereby declare' that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters or figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional view of the rear portion of my improved childs carriage with adjustable back and seat, being essentially the same as described in my Letters Patent No. 208,380, issued to me September 24, 1878. Attached to the rear part of the back is my improved adjustable canopy-holder, supporting an ordinary canopy. The dotted lines show the position of the parts when the back is down and the seat resting on the bottom of the carriage-body, the canopy being lowered to suit the changed position of the back and seat. Fig. 2represents a rear view of the'back of the carriage-body, showing the manner in which my canopy-holder is secured to said back and the way in which it can be operated to tilt the canopy laterally. Fig. 3 represents a detail View of the joint in the canopy-holder by means of which the tilting laterally is effected.

My invention relates to that class of canopy holders or supports which are secured to and supported by the rear part of the back of the 'carriage-body, and is especially adapted to carriages with adjustable backs, such as described in my Letters Patent above referred to, though it can be used to advantage in connection with carriages of the ordinary styles ln ving stationary backs.

In my Letters Patent No. 196,973, granted November 13, 1877, is shown, among other things, (see drawings, Fig. 4,) a canopy supported by a canopy-holder consisting of four sections (thestem G, arm G, arm G2, and short arm G3) capable of being operated so as to raise or lower the canopy, and to tilt the same forward and backward and also to either side, or laterally. In my specification in the abovenoted patent I say: This last arm G3 is pivoted in such a manner that the canopy can bc readily tilted to enable the attendant to easily get at the child.77 To tilt the canopy laterally it is only necessary to adjust arm G2 to some convenient angle with the long arm G', the tilting then being done by means of the short arm G3. The canopy-holder, which I now wish to describe, and which I deem an improvement on the above mentioned, is divided into only .three parts, capable of being operated so as to lower or raise the canopy, and also to tilt the same in any direction or manner desired, effecting, practically, the same results as my other canopy holder above mentioned, but more simple and convenient in its operation.

Referring to Fig. 1, letter B designates the fixed and main stem or arm of the canopyholder, fastened to and projecting from the back A. To this is attached, by pivot-joint C, the short arm B, and to this short arm is attached, by means of the pivot-joint F, the long arm B2, which is secured to and supports the canopy E. The upper and projecting end of arm B and the lower end of short arm B are flattened, (and otherwise suitably fashioned,) and provided on their inner faces with a series of teeth or serrations, which engage with each other when brought together by means of the pivot and set-screw g, holding arm B firmly in the desired position,the

loosening of the set-screw permitting the teeth to disengage and the free movement of arm B in lowering or raising the canopy. This is similar to my device, as shown in drawings (see Fig. 4) accompanying Letters Patent No. 196,973, before referred to. The next joint, F, (see Fig. 3,) connecting the short arm I3 with the long armBi, is differently constructed, the upper end of arm B being made in t-he form of a tongue and pivoted between jaws K K on the lower end of arm B2. (See Fig. 3.) Aset-screwis used above the pivot, which, when the end is pressed against the upper edge of the tongue, prevents any lateral movement of arm It will be seen that the purpose of this second joint is to admit of thc lateral movement of arm B2 and the consequent tilting of the canopy laterally, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 2, while the first or lower joint admits of the raising or lowering of the canopy, as indicated by Fig. l. The said secpermit of the ready adjustment of the canopy or parasol to shield the child from the sun, rain, or wind inust be manifest to all who have occasion to use childrens carriages.

I ani'aware that canopy-supporting rods have been made with twoy or more joints, so that the fornier niay be tilted in various directions, but ain not aware that such a device his been so applied to a baby carriage in the manner described by me, and therefore NVhat I claini as new isl.. In ababy-carriage, the combination, with the back thereof, of a canopy-support consisting of an outwardly-projceting arin, B, short arm B', and the long arm B2, and a canopy, E, attached to the long arm Pf', substantially as described.

2. The adjustable back A of the carriagebody A, having attached thereto the iiXed and main steni of the canopy-holder B, in combination with the adjustable arins of the canopy-holder B and B2, by means of which the canopy E inay be lowered or raised or tilted laterally, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The adjustable back A of the carriagebody A, and the canopy-holder, consisting of the fixed and main steln B and adjustable arms B and B2, by means of which the canopy can be lowered or raised and tilted laterally, substantially in the manner described.

'In testimony that l elaiin the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal` this 3d day of March, 1881.

JEROME F. DOVNING. [1.. s]

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